Brad Rock: Welcome to NBA, Sundiata Gaines

Sundiata Gaines' first morning as a celebrity was like all others, except the fact his image was still looping on ESPN from the previous night. And the fact his phone mail was jammed with what he described as "hundreds" of messages.

Popular Comments

I was at the game against Dallas. Almost single handledly brought us back with
3 three's like in the last 10 seconds or something like that.

10:17 p.m. Jan. 15, 2010

Top comment

todd from santa ana

Brad, thanks for the reference to the 2008 sec tournament

This kid
was incredible, I remember him. The year Georgia was like 7-20 and coming in to
the tournament. A hurricane just missed the arena by minutes after they won
like a
More..

1:13 a.m. Jan. 16, 2010

Top comment

plyxply

I wish I would've seen this one. I saw the comeback from 32 down v Denver, I
watched Stock hit a long three to put the Bulls into ot and then Jordan gag on
two free throws that put the ball back in Stock's hands for the dagger and then
MJ melted
More..

Brad Rock, a.k.a. "Rockmonster," has been a sports columnist at the Deseret News since 1994. Prior to that he worked as a beat writer, covering the Utah Jazz (1990-94). He has covered the Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, NBA more ..